Kyowa Hakko

George Whitney has been named director of business development for pharmaceutical bulk products at the U.S. sales and marketing department of Kyowa Hakko. Mr. Whitney’s primary responsibilities will include the development of Kyowa Hakko Bio technology and products within the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on cell culture, medical foods, APIs, intermediates and diagnostic reagents. Additionally, he will seek out opportunities to integrate production capabilities of Daiichi Fine Chemicals, Inc., targeting development of APIs and intermediates. Mr. Whitney will be based in the New York office.

Mr. Whitney has more than 25 years of experience in the biotechnology field and has held various positions in process development, R&D, bio-fermentation production, sales and marketing and business development. Most recently he was associate director of sales and business development for the custom manufacturing group at Lonza Group Ltd.